Abstract
This article addresses the relationship between gender contracts and mobility practices in fishery communities of Norway’s High North, mainly Skarsvåg, Finnmark. By combining perspectives from gender research, anthropology and geography, the aim of this article is to contribute to a greater understanding of the interrelations between structural, material, and cultural changes in the context of a small-scale coastal fishing environment. My main question is whether changes in mobility practices, related to restructuring of the fisheries by means of a quota-system, Norway’s agreement with the European Union (EEA) and other changes in the Norwegian context, have had impacts on gender contracts and in what way. Emphasis lies on the period after World War II and until today. The data collection are based on a lifelong engagement on gender questions in fishery villages, reading newspapers and using registers as well as interviews and participant observation through several research projects.
Highlights
Gender Contracts, Mobilities, and PlaceMy interest in fishery and gender-related research began in the 1970s and has continued until today (Gerrard, 1975, 1983, 1995, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016).2 It was Ina’s marriage that induced me to look closely at the phenomenon of gender, gender contracts, mobility, and place
When the migrated women and men born in Skarsvåg return to their parents’ houses for the holidays or participation in festivals or special occasions, the fishing villages become a common meeting place for community or family reunions as well as for locals and well-established foreigners
What type of knowledge has this discussion focusing on the relationships between mobility practices and gender contracts enhanced? One thing is clear: When mobility practices change, the terms of gender contracts change
Summary
My interest in fishery and gender-related research began in the 1970s and has continued until today (Gerrard, 1975, 1983, 1995, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016). It was Ina’s marriage that induced me to look closely at the phenomenon of gender, gender contracts, mobility, and place. My interest in fishery and gender-related research began in the 1970s and has continued until today (Gerrard, 1975, 1983, 1995, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016).. My interest in fishery and gender-related research began in the 1970s and has continued until today (Gerrard, 1975, 1983, 1995, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016).2 It was Ina’s marriage that induced me to look closely at the phenomenon of gender, gender contracts, mobility, and place. Like most other young women from fishing villages, Ina had moved away from Skarsvåg to go to school and get a job for which she had been educated. When the time for marriage came, Ina and her future husband arranged for a Saturday morning wedding in the Skarsvåg church in which she had been baptized and confirmed.
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